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US-led coalition negotiating Al-Hol camp handover, Syrian sources say

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Jan 20 (Reuters) – ‌The U.S.-led ‌coalition against the Islamic ‌State was negotiating a handover of the Al-Hol ‍camp, which houses ‍IS-linked civilians, ‌to Syrian authorities, three ‍Syrian ​sources familiar […]

US Treasury Secretary Bessent brushes off ‘hysteria’ over Greenland

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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Reuters) – U.S. ‌Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed confidence on Tuesday that the United States and ‌European countries will find a solution over the U.S. administration’s […]

ASEAN will not certify Myanmar election or send observers, Malaysia says

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The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar’s ongoing three-stage election and will therefore not endorse the poll, Malaysia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. […]

UN rights council to hold emergency session on Iran, document shows

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GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an ‌emergency session on Iran on Friday, with proponents aiming to discuss “alarming violence” ‌used against protesters, a […]

Zelenskiy has not decided yet on Davos visit, official says

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KYIV, ‌Jan 20 (Reuters) – President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ‌not decided yet on travelling to ‍Davos as the ‍U.S. has ‌not made clear ‍if a ​substantive meeting ⁠with President Donald […]

UK and US can work through differences, says House Speaker Johnson

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LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – ‌U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he was ‌confident that Britain and the United States maintain their so-called ‘special relationship’ and […]

UN chief Guterres cancels Davos trip due to bad cold, spokesperson says

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GENEVA, Jan ‌20 (Reuters) – The ‌U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ‌has cancelled his plans to attend the Davos ‍meeting in ‍Switzerland where ‌he was due to deliver ‍a ​special address, […]

Spain deploys heavy machinery to find missing bodies among train crash wreckage

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ADAMUZ, Spain, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Emergency services in Spain used cranes on ‌Tuesday to gain access to the worst-hit carriages in a high-speed train ‌crash as they sought to […]

Russia says Moldova’s plans to merge with Romania would destroy its statehood

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MOSCOW, Jan ‌20 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei ‌Lavrov said on Tuesday that ‌plans floated by Moldova’s president to hold a referendum on reunification with ‍Romania would be destructive […]

Russia jails U.S. citizen for five years after he carried rifle on yacht

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MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A ‌Russian court sentenced a U.S. citizen to five years ‌in jail for crossing the border with a weapon ‌when he sailed from the United […]

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